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<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Reflection: Final Blog Posting</b><b>Step 1: For your final blog
posting, respond to the following questions<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a3f8df61-3e17-40f3-ac50-76ea9f0fa10d" id="a072e7d6-7883-42a3-9b72-61c9aad34aa1">:</span></b><b>In what ways has this course
helped you to develop your own technology skills as a professional teacher?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> It has heightened my awareness to
how to look at technology and making a determination on how best to use it in
the classroom. I am a huge technology and gadget buff, so naturally I am
interested in all the new things that come out. I know all the noteworthy
websites, and frequently use my iPad to determine how to work smarter and not
harder.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><b>In what ways have you
deepened your knowledge of the teaching and learning process?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> I have an appreciation more for the
role which the teacher faces in the classroom. No longer are they considered in
the traditional role. They have to facilitate many roles, and sometimes at
various times or stages for students. Teachers today are more facilitators and
mentors, ensuring students can learn by providing them a path for which to
arrive at a destination. They oversee students learning, and process the skills
and input from the students in order to better their selves in class.
Technology plays an immense role in turning the classroom into a 21 century learning
experience. We are in some way there, but there will often be blockages and
obstacles in the way, it will not be an easy overnight change.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><b>In what ways have you changed
your perspective from being teacher-centered to learner-centered?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;">I now need to be more cognizant of
my role. I cannot provide answers and more to questions posed. I have to look
at ways to provide avenues of approach to students. Students do best when they
have access to technology and tools to research the answers on their own. For
example in my class for ESL learners, they use their phone dictionaries to<b> </b>find
definitions for words. I praise the students who do this, and somewhat chastise
the ones who do not, or sit there with a blank stare on their face.<br /><b>In what ways can you continue
to expand your knowledge of learning, teaching, and leading with technology
with the aim of increasing student achievement?</b> Keep abreast of the latest
technology trends. Follow major education resources and bloggers on twitter. This
is already half of the stuff I already do. Might I recommend a reader such as
the <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="544fe406-e984-42b5-9e96-76ed05b40e20" id="f44a5e8a-5462-45cd-92b8-2b689bb9ebcc">Zite</span> app for iPad. I have used this news reader to quickly look at articles
relating to technology in the classroom. I read those articles about the
current state of education technology today.<br /><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Step 2: Two long-term goals</b>1.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: normal;"></span><!--[endif]-->Reopen the computer lab. Repair or wipe
the OS from the computers to start anew. Create some sort of comprehensive
network with them.<br /><o:p></o:p>How do you plan to accomplish these
goals?<br />2.<span style="line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Create a standard for usage of tablet
computing for open classes, as well as morning and daily classes. Finding newer
and interesting ways for which to involve students in the learning through iPad
presentations.<br /><o:p></o:p><b><br /></b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>How do you plan to accomplish
these goals<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="44a44b75-05ad-437f-bc8d-32d850543e50" id="8a089af9-8b0e-4c41-bc80-68067a2b4567">?</span></b>1.<span style="line-height: normal;"> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><!--[endif]-->Find a way to cheaply organize the
computer lab in the off season. Restore OS and start from a clean slate. Restrict
access to certain sites, and configure the computers with limited accessibility
for students. <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="26aab3fb-acc0-4b65-aef6-30318774301e" id="387875f4-1bab-4ebc-91ef-345924fe5975">Run an administrator</span> user and download various lessons, and Web
2.0 tools for the computer.<br /><o:p></o:p>2.<span style="line-height: normal;">
</span><!--[endif]-->Brainstorm useful apps that students
like in an open forum with other teachers. Use their expertise to create a
standard list of usable apps for tablet computing in the classroom. Highlight
such usage of these apps in newsletters and family student reports.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /><o:p></o:p><b>Step 3: Refer to your
checklist from Week 1. Have any of your answers changed after completing this
course?</b> </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Times, Times New Roman, serif;"> I don’t recall any kind of
checklist other than the application assignment which required us to make a
posting in several technology education based blogs. I made a list of blogs,
but there is a bit of confusion <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="a673bafd-4340-4668-9a50-d6ac2f75376a" id="50066f87-71b3-4da4-882d-978e751c2996">in</span> this question as I don’t recall any
checklist. The discussion posting was more about discussing a technology that
has changed the way we did things as compared to the past. The questions were
to consider which technology has allowed you to do things differently, perhaps
faster or more efficiently, in your personal life. This could include online
shopping, banking, and email. Also, to bring to mind a technology that you use
that lets you do something different that you were not able to do before. My
selection was the word processing applications on the computer and how it had
evolved from the typewriter.</span></div>
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Although Hypothetical High School was built in 1924, Hypothetical West New Campus was not constructed until 1968 when enrollment surpassed the capacity of <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d5b52651-366b-48c3-ae19-36e5b03f3448" id="a1653349-3060-427c-b7e9-5b3874bf538f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="073c805a-7beb-4279-af18-7e92386339e1" id="aa1e4f35-f485-4b0b-9079-4f8aab02f3b7"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d772a7ae-d9b2-411f-b801-ce7a80a129d1" id="04bb5512-a246-4ef8-b152-3c56a2752728"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e777020e-f74d-4528-9b16-3510f4eef23c" id="1d47393f-28e7-49df-a120-f3809bd3b314"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d677b91e-b724-49bb-8791-fadedfcb8733" id="30e4c951-3d0d-4c76-a53c-0c921f7ade30"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="379119f7-c1c5-41cf-92ee-1a68020af93e" id="c87a917c-6199-4b00-818f-be703024c743"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="851c9c18-5fdf-451c-9c7f-5654405af3a7" id="808e631b-ac69-4a7f-bc31-51d87145da92">Hypothetical High School</span></span></span></span></span></span></span>. Built for $3.1 million, the new school had the ability to hold 1,000 students. Construction was completed and the first class, which consisted of just under 300 students, was the class of 1969. The new high school, or Hypothetical West New Campus, consisted of the Seniors and Juniors while the old high school, Hypothetical High, housed the Freshman and Sophomore students. Hypothetical West New Campus was able to handle the number of students for almost three decades, but in the mid-1990s ran short of room and added the first set of mobiles. In the late 1990s, student population growth would again become a challenge, prompting the addition of the second set of mobiles. Later in 2000, the number of students rose higher and forced the school to expand. Construction began in 2000 and was finished in 2003 with the additions of the new gym, cafeteria, and staircases. <br />
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Hypothetical West New Campus now houses 1522 students<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2c30c10d-9f6d-4b1f-bc8b-47b29beb1409" id="e9e55f94-1deb-4c34-8708-222fe52def1c"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="d12841f1-0dc0-4b5b-b242-5adf3784a73f" id="0fd5a7b1-f5ce-4471-afc7-2d57e2338b46">. </span></span>Hypothetical high just hired on a new batch of teachers with a specialty of Instructional Design and Technology. Chief among the group is David Velasco, who is bringing his expertise into the school and teaching students how to learn through the use of blogs and wikis. Mr. Velasco brings a wealth of technical knowledge he learned as a Satellite terminal operator in the Army, as well as his Studies in Instructional Design, and integrating technology into the workplace. Here is one example of how students might be learning in this new and exciting class.<br />
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Testing, quiz sections, reading
comprehension, focus groups, short lectures, with video clips, review sections,
teacher driven quiz game sections, Classroom engagement and note postings.<o:p></o:p></div>
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What better area of a learner's
development to check on technology needs, than the high school student. Here, I
can adapt to their needs in the classroom. Aside from giving a <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="bd65537d-d498-4db5-acd1-65eb1353f597" id="b82650f7-5e22-446f-ae77-fd1c84ba6c84"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="5dcdb365-fa26-46ef-8dce-50939a534461" id="5a83e55f-c4f8-488f-83b0-6b0c3f3c032b">physical</span></span>
lecture, I can adapt and enhance the learning through the use of a blog or wiki.
In this blog, I demonstrate how to take a simple quiz by multiple-choice
selection. Using google forms, I can instantaneously collect the answers and
see who is needing more time in certain areas of study. Using a blog in lieu of
traditional teacher worksheets should help to actively engage students.
Granted, giving access to the internet can yield distractions, but either
blocking sites, or guaranteeing good deeds can garner favorable results. A
pertinent teaching style must relate to the task that is presented in the
blogs, so this does not happen. It can allow outsiders such as school
administrators, or college admissions determine how well students are coming
along. Ultimately, I can see it being driven by a financial structure, as to
where spending for the schools might be better served. Also, students can start
to develop portfolios and collaborations on their particular work. This can
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The presentation below outlines an app called Teacher kit which could be used along with blogging and wiki technology in the classroom. It is geared for teachers, but could also be used in a corporate environment for trainers who require records and reports to have <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e0252a5f-ef78-4483-89ff-b12659800856" id="fe6fda78-f878-4ac1-a4e7-a7a06a5e0120"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="c38b7d06-fb5b-4bfb-95ec-755bf37a054d" id="1b8848f5-650f-479f-8e2a-41581e430586"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="1b0900da-02f3-491a-b25e-1843d575b0e7" id="37949a39-02b2-463f-b4e5-b9716694dafe">accessible</span></span></span> for distribution.<br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10173340741574253972noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7167171126685131748.post-64709336587389488532014-02-27T04:47:00.002-08:002014-03-01T20:31:29.584-08:00The Doorway to Professional Learning Communities<br />
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Hello and welcome to my Blog for Integrating Technology into the classroom. This blog will feature some of the assignments, and aspects of learning I am doing, as I explore and discover about how technology plays an important role in the classroom. Today, educators who are against the implementation of technology in the classroom are fighting a losing battle. "Students inhabit a 21st century world for 18 hours a day, And all too often, educators put them in a 19th century classroom for six hours of that day, and the students feel a tremendous disconnect. We have a responsibility to teach them the skills to optimize these tools." (Lytle)<br />
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Technology Integration can enhance and simplify the way students learn. I consider the learning of today to be completely flexible and it allows us to learn anywhere in the world. That's a great thing! Let's hope we get the most out of our rapidly changing technology, and use it responsibly, ethically and noteworthy in the future. If the ways we are using it now are any indication, the next decades will definitely be interesting.<br />
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is dedicated to transforming the learning process by helping educators
implement the strategies listed here. Comprehensive Assessment, Integrated
Studies, Project-Based Learning, Social and Emotional Learning, Teacher
Development, Technology Integration. These strategies and the educators who
implement them are empowering students to think critically, access and
analyze information, creatively problem solve, work collaboratively, and
communicate with clarity and impact. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Times New Roman","serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-fareast-language: KO;">The
purpose of tech for teachers is to take an extensive list of websites that
are considered high quality, reliable, and valuable and organize them in a
way that even "non-techy" teachers can utilize them. It took around
10 years to collect these resources, but new ones are found every day. All of
these websites have been recommended by other teachers and educational
organizations and qualify as "the best". You can find support for
all core curriculum areas. In addition, you will find lesson plans,
multimedia, and primary sources to enhance your students' learning
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Blog for using an Arduino with education, and also some things that can be
created and designed using the Arduino module Think of this as your classic
Radio Shack tinkering and tooling around back in the old days, with a new
twist.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lucas on Edutopia and his hope for education.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Channel is a video showcase—on the Internet and TV—of inspiring and effective
teaching practices in America's schools. They have a rapidly growing
community of registered members who trade ideas and share inspiration from
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<a href="http://www.usnews.com/education/high-schools/articles/2011/07/14/study-emerging-technology-has-positive-impact-in-classroom?page=2" target="_blank" title="Edit this item">Lytle, R. (<span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e61d1b05-a3eb-48cf-8d73-1bfe7cefbd37" id="144d1814-8de6-49de-8345-3fa460afb670"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="57a82184-a791-4d3c-b1ff-a0e9b961d876" id="b5d20e53-e40b-4a83-96bc-a633ccf60656"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="9686b835-99ed-4342-afac-05a76b7f19e8" id="2baa579c-53c7-4012-aaf7-f9d8da83505f">n.d.</span></span></span>). Study: Emerging Technology Has Positive Impact <span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="2f6631d0-3f73-4f42-ae4c-a50581a88055" id="3aefb03b-94bb-4461-beea-0dff3715031f"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="4b31cc27-9c7a-4386-aa9a-68e8c1f9064c" id="4686d2b4-10e2-436e-a6f6-201d76924d35"><span class="GINGER_SOFTWARE_mark" ginger_software_uiphraseguid="e9729312-7d36-4a7f-a0e2-3eabef57ede6" id="2c1a4e55-b662-459f-8bd5-ebbf38ab4669">in</span></span></span> Classroom. <i>US News</i>.
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